Russian soldiers execute two Ukrainian POWs in Zaporizhzhia Oblast – video

Russian troops are reported to have shot dead two Ukrainian prisoners of war on the outskirts of the village of Zatyshshia in the Huliaipole hromada of the Polohy district, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

Source: DeepState, a Ukrainian group of military analysts; Dmytro Lubinets, Ukraine's Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights

Caution: the video contains scenes of violence

Quote: "The enemy has once again violated the rules and customs of war by shooting and killing two soldiers from Ukraine's defence forces on the outskirts of Zatyshshia.

Sadly, enemy infiltration is growing in scale and being 5 km from frontline positions offers no protection from encountering hostile infantry, especially when the front is in one direction and the bastards have come in from the rear."

Details: DeepState also reported that the Russian soldiers were killed with an FPV drone within the next 20 minutes.

Update: Lubinets emphasised that the killing of prisoners of war is a grave violation of international humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions, constituting a serious international crime.

"I have sent official letters to the ICRC and the UN. The international community must immediately respond to such systematic gross violations by Russia," he said.

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